Comment on Amazon's drone delivery program is the joke it always sounded like.

• FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “Optimal” only matters to Amazon’s accountants. The trucks work fine. They keep thousands of people employed.

  I have no idea why so many people are trying to justify Amazon putting profits over people.

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  • QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s where you’re wrong. The “optimal” method of delivery matters to every stakeholder in the current system. Yes, Amazon would make more money. Probably too much more. Delivery would also likely be cheaper for customers. And delivery trucks in cities would finally stop blocking the fucking road whenever they feel like it.

    Finally, have you considered the possibility that delivery trucks are suboptimal for delivery drivers? It’s no secret that the lifestyle of a delivery driver is extremely unhealthy, and I can’t imagine it’s particularly mentally stimulating.

    This is the same rhetoric I hear about AI, and it’s very disheartening. The fact that corporations are gearing up these tools to further exploit the population isn’t an argument against the tools, it’s an argument against the corporations.

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    • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes, as I said, you and others are justifying Amazon putting profit over people.

      I have asked this multiple times: What exactly are those thousands of delivery drivers supposed to do when Amazon fires them all for not being “optimal?”

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      • QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I think that UBI is an obvious place to start, and I think it should give them the freedom to pursue something they actually want to do. Automation is coming for all of our jobs, but you seem to be fixated on irrationally protecting those jobs instead of taking steps to ensure that automation actually benefits all of us.

        In your ideal world, are there really still delivery drivers?

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